Describe the role that America’s great store of mineral resources played in the industrialization of the economy in the late nineteenth century. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: gold and silver increased the money supply; iron and steel mechanized manufacturing, agriculture, and transportation; copper electrified production and communication; and oil lubricated machinery. […]
America’s postwar containment policy was essentially ________ strategy. A) a neutral B) an unworkable C) an aggressive D) a defensive ANSWER D
What have been some problems that have accompanied the benefits of population growth in the South and the West in the last twenty-five years? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER For the South consider: some loss of a sense of place and of southern traditionalism; problems associated with urbanization. For the West consider: […]
Warren G. Harding was probably attractive to voters in the 1920 presidential election because he promised A) to make America the world’s most powerful nation. B) a strong national commitment to high ideals. C) moderation and prosperity. D) to continue progressive reforms. ANSWER C
The text authors describe actor John Wayne as a cultural icon representing such “western” values as rugged individualism, laissez-faire economics, chiseled masculinity, independent action, and political conservatism. Who among Hollywood actors would stand on the opposite end of the spectrum from John Wayne? What cultural values would he or she represent? ANSWER Consider someone […]
The first major engagement of the Spanish-American War occurred in A) the Philippine Islands. B) Puerto Rico. C) Cuba. D) Guam. ANSWER A
The Korean War was a “limited war” in that A) the war was incompatible with America’s professed containment policy. B) the original objective of the war was to push the North Koreans back to where the attack on South Korea had originally begun. C) the United States was the only United Nations country to send […]
At the Battle of Gettysburg, A) most of Lee’s men were seasoned veterans. B) Lee’s army lacked artillery support. C) General Lee lacked confidence in his men. D) Lee’s lieutenants all agreed with his plan for a massed charge of infantry troops. ANSWER A
More immigrants entered the United States from ________ than in any other thirty-year period in American history. A) 1830 to 1860 B) 1890 to 1920 C) 1860 to 1890 D) 1920 to 1950 ANSWER B
Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the Salem witchcraft episode? A) Most of the accusers of witches were young single women. B) The hysteria was related to political and economic tensions within Salem. C) Twenty accused witches were executed. D) The event revitalized Puritan religious fervor throughout Massachusetts. ANSWER D
